Let me just start by saying that if you're looking for the spy atmosphere of the first one, look somewhere else or watch that movie again. Even though this is a sequel, it completely veers away from the paranoia seen in the first film and gives us a shot of adrenaline. It begins with Ethan Hunt being given a new mission while on vacation. The mission entails recruiting a thief, Naya,(Thandie Newton) to infiltrate one of Ethan's old operatives who's stolen an important virus and it's antidote with the intention of infecting the population and selling to the highest bidder. Everything goes good until it doesn't and Ethan enlists the help of some friends (Ving Rhames and John Polson) to help him steal and destroy the virus. The movie is directed by John Woo and that means all kinds of impossible acrobatics from pistols to motorcycles to hand to hand combat. The action in this movie delivers, not giving us a boring minute. The spy aspect of the movie plays its necessary part but doesn't overshadow the action. This is a movie on par with Desperado and the Bourne movies so if that's your taste, check this out
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Gridlock'd
(1997)
Better than Requiem for a Dream
23 May 2007
I just saw this film an hour ago and i have to say this is a better drug-related film than requiem for a dream. The film features Tim Roth and Tupac Shakur as two addicts who try to kick the habit after their friend (Thandie Newton) falls into a drug induced coma. After being given the run-around by various clinics and offices, they decide to fall back on some drugs before they get into rehab but are chased through the city by a drug dealer and police officers. Tupac and Roth are a great on-screen duo and the film does a good job of showing the grittier side of drugs and the difficulty of quitting. I highly recommend this film as one of Tupac's best and Roth's most obscure roles. Altogether a great movie.
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